Quote#Death
But if there be an hereafter
Quote byRobert Blair · 1699–1746
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Grave (1743), Part I, line 398..
English (original)
But if there be an hereafter, And that there is, conscience, uninfluenc'd And suffer'd to speak out, tells every man, Then must it be an awful thing to die; More horrid yet to die by one's own hand.
— Robert Blair
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